question: was Vichy France more or less independent that Free France?

Who was more independent, Vichy France or Free France?

  • Vichy France

    Votes: 6 18.8%
  • Free France

    Votes: 26 81.3%

  • Total voters
    32
It is generally agreed that Vichy France was a puppet state of Germany but here is also little doubt that free France had a substantial dependence on Britain. Rarely in my experience are the Free French thought of as a British puppet state, though that was definitely the Axis view and especially Vichy.

So, as above which was in fact a more independent entity Vichy or Free France?
 

Dave Shoup

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It is generally agreed that Vichy France was a puppet state of Germany but here is also little doubt that free France had a substantial dependence on Britain. Rarely in my experience are the Free French thought of as a British puppet state, though that was definitely the Axis view and especially Vichy. So, as above which was in fact a more independent entity Vichy or Free France?

Free France.

The Free French, even before the formation of the FCNL at Algiers in 1943, pursued an "semi" independent foreign policy from the UK, most notably in the FF operations against St. Pierre and Miquelon in 1941.
 
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